Mexican cartel issues chilling '24 hour' warning by dumping severed pig's head

A Mexican drug cartel has issued a chilling 24-hour warning to local residents by dumping a severed on the street along with a sinister message.

Terrified residents raised the alarm, causing to spill out on to the street in Tijuana. Cops arrived at the scene at around 2.30am where they found a cooler and a large sheet, as well as several concerned members of the public. Inside the dumped cooler was the severed head of a pg, while on the sheet was the message left for Marco Antonio Barraza, the commercial deputy director of the Tijuana State Commission of Public Services (CESPT).

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According to , the message read: “Marco Antonio Barraza, deputy director of CESPT: You have 24 hours to fulfil your agreements or we will charge you for what you stole. You are well located..."

It is currently unknown what the message relates to or if the deputy director has been hidden for his own safety.

Local media said the incident is under investigation for who left the message and any possible connection to illicit activities within the state agency.

The case is under investigation, and authorities are working to identify those responsible.

Last month it was claimed Mexican drug cartels are in horror training camps. The camps lie hidden in rural and mountainous areas, as recruit young men into .

The lure of mega cash for many young people convinces them to join the training camps. That was the case for Pedro, who was just 13 when he was approached by a .

Having lost his parents while growing up, he was handed over to his grandparents. However, he was targeted by a criminal group who had just arrived in Sierra de Guerrero in south-west , and during a chance encounter offered him the ability to earn staggering amounts of money.

He was given a rifle and dispatched to the mountains, along with his step-brother, where he would endure a horrific training camp and learn how to live without fear.

He said: "They teach you to survive, to kill without fear, and to eat human flesh."

The training lasted just three months and was supervised by a former soldier. "They gave us each a pistol and told us only one would survive. I had to kill my brother," Pedro said.

Pedro was then a full-time hitman. "I had nightmares for about a week, but now I've killed hundreds, it's like drinking a Coca-Cola.”